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Sommelier

Category - Winemaking, &c

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The percentage of alcohol listed on a bottle of alcohol in the US is ______ the amount of the proof.

Twice
The same as
Half
No relation to

Explanation

Answer: A - The percentage of alcohol listed on a bottle of alcohol in the US is twice the amount of the proof. Proof was started in Britain to show how the spirit broke down gunpowder. US purveyors kept the proof designation because it sounded like there was more alcohol in the bottles than merely providing the ABV.

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